Yoshio-Nara prefecture, Yoshino Province area.
This poem repeatedly puns with variations of “good,” all beginning with “Yo,” in
line with the literal meaning of “Yoshino,” which is also considered a holy
mountain. In this way, the poem can be considered a kind of playful prayer or
blessing. The extensive use of puns, however, makes it difficult for the
translation to give the sense of the poem in Japanese.